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CREAM SAUCE FOR FISH OR WHITE DISHES
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CREAM SAUCE FOR FISH OR WHITE DISHES

5 ingredients 4 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

512
Calories
14g
Protein
7g
Fat
96g
Carbs

Counts 4 of 5 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 4 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Cream 1 tbsp (15ml) heavy 51
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/3 pint of cream
  • 1 teaspoonful of flour
  • salt
  • cayenne
  • mace

Directions

1

397. INGREDIENTS.--1/3 pint of cream, 2 oz. of butter, 1 teaspoonful of flour, salt and cayenne to taste; when liked, a small quantity of pounded mace or lemon-juice.

2

_Mode_.--Put the butter in a very clean saucepan, dredge in the flour, and keep shaking round till the butter is melted. Add the seasoning and cream, and stir the whole till it boils; let it just simmer for 5 minutes, when add either pounded mace or lemon-juice to taste, to give it a flavour.

3

_Time_.--5 minutes to simmer. _Average cost_ for this quantity, 7d.

4

This sauce may be flavoured with very finely-shredded shalot.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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